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September 23, 2011

Springfield Salesman Wins $261,000 Jackpot

A medical supply salesman from Springfield plans to pay off his two grown children’s college loans after he won $261,000 playing the Missouri Lottery’s Show Me Cash game on Sept. 18. Lawrence Bechtel, 58, purchased his winning ticket at Harter House, 1550 E. Republic Road, in Springfield.

Bechtel said he has won $250 in the Show Me Cash game in the past, but never this much.

“I was shaking so badly, I thought I better get to the Lottery office,” he said, when he checked his numbers. “My wife thought it was a cruel joke.”